Car-replacing device.



C. DESHNER.

CAR REPLACING DEVICE.

APPLICATION FILED MAY s. 1915 1 1% 5Q Patented Dec. 14, 1915. 2 SHEETSSHEET I.

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CAR REPLACING DEVICE.

APPLICATION FILED MAY 8. 1915 Patented Dec. 14', 1915.

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CHARLES DESI-INER, O11 MAYIBURG', PENNSYLVANIA.

CAR-REPLACING DEVICE.

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To all whom it may concern Be it known that 1, CHARLES Dnsrmnn, a citizen of the United States, residing at Mayburg, in the county of Forest and State of Pennsylvania, have invented new and useful Improvements in Car-Replacing Devices, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to car replacing devices, and it has for its object to produce a replacing device composed of right and left hand members which when placed adjacent to the rails of the car track in advance of derailed wheels will operate to lift the latter and replace them on the rails.

A further object of the invention is to produce a simple and efficient device of the character described which is equipped with antifriction members in the nature of rollers which will materially reduce friction as the wheels are being replaced on the rails.

A further object of the invention is to produce a simple and effective car replacing device of improved construction which will be light in weight so thatit may be conven iently. carried and arranged in position for use or for transportation.

With these and other ends in view which will readily appear 'as the nature of the in vention is better understood, the same con-- sists in the improved construction and novel arrangement and combination of parts which will be hereinafter fully described and par ticularly pointed out in the claims.

In the accompanying drawings has been illustrated a simple and preferred form of the invention, it being, however, understood that no limitation is necessarily made to the precise structural details therein exhibited, but that changes, alterations and modifications within the scope of the claims may be resorted to when desired.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is aplan view of a portion of a car track showing the right and left hand members of the replacing device arranged in position for operation. Fig. 2 is a similar view showing the position of the wheels when they have climbed the replacing devices and are almost ready to be replaced on the rails. Fig. 3 is atransverse sectional view taken on the line 3-3 in Fig. 1. Fig. 4 is a transverse sectional view taken on the line 1- 1 in Fig. 2. Fig. 5 is a bottom plan view of one of the replacing mem bers. Fig. 6 is a view in side elevation of one of the replacing members. Fig. 7 is a Serial no. 26 ,824.

longitudinalsectional view taken on the line 7-7 in Fig. 1.

Corresponding parts in the several figures are denoted by like characters of reference. The improved device comprises two replacing members A and B which for pun poses of description will be known respec tively as the right and left hand members.

The two members are of identical construction, except that, as will be understood, they are made right and left.

Each of the members A and B consists of a body, the top face of which constitutes an inclined plane, being inclined from the rear end in a downward and forward direction. The said top faces, which are designated by 15 and 16, are also inclined laterally in opposite directions. each being provided at its high side with a longitudinal rib, said ribs being designated by 17, 18, and

said ribs being relatively wide at their high ends and relatlvely narrow at thelr low ends.

The members A, B are made hollow on their undersides for the sake of lightness and are provided with reinforcing webs 19 for the sake of strength. The top portion of each member is provided at its high end with a slot 20, the side walls of which are provided withbearings for a plurality of obliquely disposed rollers 21 which are set closely together and are made of ample strength to resist any strain to which they may be subjected. The top portion of each rib 17, 18 is provided at its high end with a longitudinal slot 22 serving, to support anti-friction rollers 23 which project but slightly above the faces of the respective ribs. Each member A, B is provided with downwardly extending spurs or prongs 24 adapted to en gage the ties of the track so as to prevent lateral displacement of the respective members under the stress to which they will be subjected when in use.

In the operation of this invention, the members A and B are placed on the track in advance of the car wheels which have been derailed, as indicated. in Fig. 1 of the drawings. When the car is moved forward, the flange of one wheel will ride on the top face of one member, while the tread of the other wheel will ride on the rib extending upwardly from the top face of the other member. As shown in the drawing, the member A is located between the rails, while the member B is located outside the proximate rail, but this condition may be reversed according to the conditions of the derailment. As the wheel traveling on the member A rides up the inclined plane forming the top face of said member, the tendency will be for the said wheel to slide down the lateral incline, but this tendency will be counteracted by'the flange of the Wheel riding on the rib 18 of the member B which will be drawn against the side of the head of the proximate rail. When the top of the respective members has been reached by the wheels, the flange of the Wheel riding on the rib 18 of the member B will have reached the top of the rail head and will, be free to pass over the same. This condition is brought about by the wheel traveling on the member A Which will now gravitate in the direction of the proximate rail placing the tread of the wheel on the rail head, and in so doing the wheel traveling 011 the member B will be carried across the head of the proximate rail until its flange drops to the proper position adjacent to the inner side of the rail head. The Wheels will thus be replaced on the rails in a simple, rapid and elfective manner.

It has been stated in the foregoing that the rollers 21 are obliquely disposed. This arrangement of said rollers will not interfere with the movement of the wheel flange engaging the same in the direction of the head of the proximate rail, but owing to the oblique arrangement the movement of the Wheel Will be somewhat retarded, thereby avoiding all danger of the wheel passing over the replacing device without being seated on the rail.

Having thus described the invention what is claimed as new, 18

1. A car replacing device comprising right and left hand members, each having a top face forming a longitudinally inclined plane,

with-a longitudinal rib along its high edge.

said top face being provided at its high end with a plurality of obliquely disposed antifriction rollers.

3. A device of the class described comprising right and left hand members. each having a top face forming a longitudinally inclined plane, said top face being also laterally inclined and provided at its high end with a plurality of obliquely disposed antifriction rollers, said member being provided along the high edge of its top face withan upstanding rib, saidrib having at its high end a longitudinally disposed anti-friction roller.

In testimony whereof I afiix my signature in presence of twowitnesses.

CHARLES DESI-INER. lvitnesses WHLLIAM K. I'IAY, lVARREN M. Coon.

7 Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents, 2 Washington, D. C. 

